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dc.contributor.authorNeukom, R.
dc.contributor.authorGergis, J.
dc.contributor.authorKaroly, D.
dc.contributor.authorWanner, H.
dc.contributor.authorCurran, M.
dc.contributor.authorElbert, J.
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez-Rouco, F.
dc.contributor.authorLinsley, B.
dc.contributor.authorMoy, A.
dc.contributor.authorMundo, I.
dc.contributor.authorRaible, C.
dc.contributor.authorSteig, E.
dc.contributor.authorvan Ommen, T.
dc.contributor.authorVance, T.
dc.contributor.authorVillalba, R.
dc.contributor.authorZinke, Jens
dc.contributor.authorFrank, D.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:23:07Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:23:07Z
dc.date.created2015-12-10T04:26:06Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationNeukom, R. and Gergis, J. and Karoly, D. and Wanner, H. and Curran, M. and Elbert, J. and Gonzalez-Rouco, F. et al. 2014. Inter-hemispheric temperature variability over the past millennium. Nature Climate Change. 4 (5): pp. 362-367.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21082
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/NCLIMATE2174
dc.description.abstract

The Earth’s climate system is driven by a complex interplay of internal chaotic dynamics and natural and anthropogenic external forcing. Recent instrumental data have shown a remarkable degree of asynchronicity between Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere temperature fluctuations, thereby questioning the relative importance of internal versus external drivers of past as well as future climate variability. However, large-scale temperature reconstructions for the past millennium have focused on the Northern Hemisphere, limiting empirical assessments of inter-hemispheric variability on multi-decadal to centennial timescales. Here, we introduce a new millennial ensemble reconstruction of annually resolved temperature variations for the Southern Hemisphere based on an unprecedented network of terrestrial and oceanic palaeoclimate proxy records. In conjunction with an independent Northern Hemisphere temperature reconstruction ensemble, this record reveals an extended cold period (1594–1677) in both hemispheres but no globally coherent warm phase during the pre-industrial (1000–1850) era. The current (post-1974) warm phase is the only period of the past millennium where both hemispheres are likely to have experienced contemporaneous warm extremes. Our analysis of inter-hemispheric temperature variability in an ensemble of climate model simulations for the past millennium suggests that models tend to overemphasize Northern Hemisphere–Southern Hemisphere synchronicity by underestimating the role of internal ocean–atmosphere dynamics, particularly in the ocean-dominated Southern Hemisphere. Our results imply that climate system predictability on decadal to century timescales may be lower than expected based on assessments of external climate forcing and Northern Hemisphere temperature variations alone.

dc.publisherNATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
dc.titleInter-hemispheric temperature variability over the past millennium
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume4
dcterms.source.number5
dcterms.source.startPage362
dcterms.source.endPage367
dcterms.source.issn1758-678X
dcterms.source.titleNATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
curtin.departmentDepartment of Environment and Agriculture
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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